Jayme Closs’s aunt: “We said we’d never give up, and we didn’t. And now we got her.”

BARRON, Wis. (WKOW) — After a false alarm call earlier in the day, Jennifer Smith was moved to tears when she found out her niece Jayme Closs had been found safe.

“The sheriff came to my house, and he was smiling, and he had the best news ever,” Smith told KSTP-TV. “We cried and cried, so it’s been very emotional. A very happy night. Time to move forward, and we will get through this with Jayme.”

Smith said she hopes Closs, 13, will be home later in the day Friday. Closs has been receiving medical attention after being found in the Town of Gordon Thursday, about 60 miles north of her Barron home.